May 7, 2007

“It was 창해(滄海,蒼海) not East Sea(東海)”

金文起, a Korean professor, said he found a new map that shows East Sea was originally called 창해(滄海,蒼海).

He also found 崔南善(A Korean) published a geography textbook for schools based on the old map. 崔南善 was given a permission to publish the textbook from the Governor General of Korea under “Japanese forcible occupation” [meaning just “under Japanese rule“] . And the textbook had been used even after the liberation.

<snip> But, still, he claim the name should be “Sea of Korea” because Japan uses it’s country name “Sea of Japan”. .. ..<snip>

OK, that’s it.

Korean’s claim “Japan created and spread and forced the term “Sea of Japan” during Russo war and the colonial period and Korean war” turned out to be wrong if his finding is authentic.